So Close

By AnGeLkIsSeS03

Disclaimer- I do not own Sailormoon, or any of its characters.

Serena stood outside Crown Arcade holding a letter she had been given by Tuxedo Mask, she lifted it to face

and inhaled the smell of roses and man that lingered there. She wondered who he really was, and decided she

didn't care. He wanted to meet her tonight, alone.

The letter implored that she be at Juuban Park at 11:00 PM with no other Sailor Scouts in her company. So far

this mysterious guy didn't seem to have any bad intentions, and every time he saved her she became more

infatuated with him.

Deciding it would be a good idea to keep this to herself, because knowing Rei would probably follow Serena

because she had a crush on Tuxedo Mask.

"Right." Serena said to herself.

As she turned to walk into the arcade something like a brick wall collided with her sending the slender blonde

to the ground.

"Is it just me or do you need a good pair of glasses Odango?" Darien said cringing after the collision between

the two.

His blue eyes laughing he reached to help her up, but she knocked his hand away. At once she hissed in pain,

and grabbed her right hand. Darien knelt down to help her examine it, even though she was protesting.

"Look its nothing, you can go now!" Serena commanded as she lifted herself off the ground with some help.

"Nothing? It looks like you broke your index finger; luckily for you I'm in med school. Come on, let's get this

properly looked at." He said carefully leading her to the parking lot beside the arcade.

"This really isn't necessary! I can just have my parents take me to the doctor." She offered.

He went over that scenario in his head of her father hunting him down for this little accident, and decided it

would be better to take care of it himself.

"Don't worry, I just need to x-ray your hand and check a couple of things. The lab is a couple of miles from here."

He reassured her.

Nodding in acceptance she wondered why he was being so nice to her. Maybe he had a heart after all. Darien

had always run into her literally (and mostly the other way around). At first, Serena thought he was incredible

hot, but his teasing had made her wary of him.


Darien drove swiftly to the lab he worked in, feeling overwhelmed by guilt for injuring this girl. He prided

himself on helping people not hurting them, and that is why he wanted to see things through and not have to

worry about the damage he inflicted. The more he saw Serena day in and day out he grew more attracted to

her, she was so innocent and beautiful but he did not see how a 22-year-old could be with a 16-year-old. That

is if she would even consider dating him. Darien pushed that to the back of his mind and focused on driving

and the girl sitting next to him. It seemed like Serena was admiring the car, but was being cavalier about it. He

smiled a little to himself and pulled into the closest parking spot next to the building.

Serena cradled her right hand as Darien opened the car door for her; it was a sleek black car that she knew to

be expensive but didn't know the make or model. She followed him up to the back door of the building where he

used a keycard to unlock the door. Once inside she scanned the room and saw an array of machines or medical

supplies. Serena's breathing became shallow and fast.

"Are you alright?" Darien asked carefully.

"I-Im fine Darien…" She swallowed trying to ignore the instruments around her by focusing on him.

Darien offered her an examination table in a small room next to the lab where he x-rayed her hand and gave her

something for the pain. Serena lay on the table waiting until he came back with the results so she could go home.

She hated waiting for such tedious things, but it was nice of Darien to offer his services so she bit her tongue.

Serena was nervous about being around him at first but she began to relax.

When he returned he closed the door softly and he looked at her with an apologetic frown.

"I'm very sorry Serena, your finger is fractured. I'm going to need to put it in a small cast." He informed, his

deep blue eyes staring into hers.

"You can't! I mean, my parent's will freak out! Crap crap crap!" She cried and her gaze fell to the clean black

marble floor.

"Shhh okay, here's the deal. I won't need to put this cast on if you wear this special brace at least 18 hours a

day for the next 4 weeks. You can take it off around your parents and at school if you need to BUT you must

wear it." He negotiated trying to emphasize each important part.

"Alright, you've got a deal, but you owe me a hot fudge Sundae for this buddy." Serena's voice came off a little on edge like she was biting back her annoyance.

"How about dinner instead?" He suggested with a half-smile that made her want to melt.

"Really? You want to take me to dinner. I thought you hated me." She crossed her arms being careful of her hand.


I have a lot to put into this story don't miss it :P

-AnGeLkIsSeS03